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    • Cracking up jokes

      Croneburger
      June 13, 2026

      Focus gained by abandoning treaties of virtual acceptance, and writing language of pre-tense constituencies.

    • Hemochromatosis

      Croneburger
      June 13, 2026

      Difference as perennial potentiality,

    • ‘Queering the Pitch’: How to Find One’s Own Voice in the Classical World

      ‘Queering the Pitch’: How to Find One’s Own Voice in the Classical World

      Ricardo da Rocha
      May 24, 2026

      Reflecting on Samuel Mariño’s and my own experience, I argue that finding our own voice can be an act of queering, defying heteronormative regimes…

    • Quite Ordinary

      Jana Bezrukova
      May 16, 2026

      This piece was originally published in Issue 1 of the print edition of Ordinary Matters magazine. 

    • An Exhibition as a Massage: A Wrap-Up

      An Exhibition as a Massage: A Wrap-Up

      Emma Savino
      May 16, 2026

      Every year, the city of Leuven becomes a meeting point for artists, performers, thinkers, and curious visitors through Artefact, a multidisciplinary festival organized by…

    • The Serpent Camera of Vir Andres Hera 

      The Serpent Camera of Vir Andres Hera 

      Foteini Terzaki
      May 16, 2026

      What I find particularly compelling in Vir’s work is the depth of his awareness of context, both quite literally — as in surroundings —…

    • The Archive Not Seen, an Artist’s Notes On “Sexy Magico”

      The Archive Not Seen, an Artist’s Notes On “Sexy Magico”

      Louis Gahide
      May 16, 2026

      If the archive is understood to be selective, then the authority of institutional archives cannot be forgotten. Their function rests not on completeness, but…

    • Quiet Inheritance

      Quiet Inheritance

      Markel Alcaide
      May 16, 2026

      As a tourist, it was easy to stay at the level of the image: the beach, the sun, the boats… but what struck me…

    • The Sacrificial Engine of the Anthropocene: From Omelas to the Congo 

      Emre Zorlu
      May 16, 2026

      Through Ursula Le Guin’s short story, we can examine the violent, unseen, and sometimes neglected conditions that sustain the comfort and ease of the…

    • On Embracing the Holes in My Shoes: Learning to Accept the Imperfect 

      Chlöe Jans
      May 16, 2026

      Learning to love what is not beautiful goes beyond dress and has a potential for resistance.

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